New from the Ash Center, the Data-Smart City Pod—hosted by Professor Stephen Goldsmith—brings on top innovators and leading industry, academic, and government officials to discuss data, innovation, and government.
New from the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Data-Smart City Pod brings on top innovators and leading industry, academic, and government officials to discuss data, innovation, and government. This podcast serves as a central resource for cities and individuals interested in the intersection of government and innovations, the adoption of data projects on the local government level, and how to become data smart. Hosted by Stephen Goldsmith, former Deputy Mayor of New York, Mayor of Indianapolis, and current Professor at Harvard Kennedy School.
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About Data-Smart City Solutions
Data-Smart City Solutions, housed at the Ash Center at Harvard Kennedy School, is working to catalyze adoption of data projects on the local government level by serving as a central resource for cities interested in this emerging field. We highlight best practices, top innovators, and promising case studies while also connecting leading industry, academic, and government officials. Our research focus is the intersection of government and data, ranging from open data and predictive analytics to civic engagement technology. We seek to promote the combination of integrated, cross-agency data with community data to better discover and preemptively address civic problems. To learn more visit us online and follow us on Twitter.
About the Ash Center
The Ash Center is a research center and think tank at Harvard Kennedy School focused on democracy, government innovation, and Asia public policy. AshCast, the Center's podcast series, is a collection of conversations, including events and experts Q&As, from around the Center on pressing issues, forward-looking solutions, and more.
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Steve Goldsmith: Hello, this is Steve Goldsmith, Professor of Urban Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School. I was Deputy Mayor of New York for Mike Bloomberg and Mayor of the City of Indianapolis. At Harvard I direct the Innovations in American Government Awards program and the Data-Smart City Solutions program. And today I’m here to tell you about our new podcast called Data-Smart City Pod. Through the research, writing, and communities of practice that we’re doing at Harvard’s Kennedy School, we act as a central resource for ideas that connect innovation, data, and government. And in this podcast I’ll bring on top innovators, and leading industry, academic, and government officials to dive deeper into these topics, and help listeners discover how to become data smart.
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Interviewee clip 1: What we’re finding is that, if we’re able to have good, nuanced, disaggregated data then our equity conversations are much more fruitful…
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Interviewee clip 2: It’s a revolutionary system for collaborative data sharing and regional governance…
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Steve Goldsmith: Hope you’ll join us.
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